SIAM announces class of 2016 Fellows

The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) is pleased to announce the 2016 Class of SIAM Fellows. These distinguished members were nominated for their exemplary research as well as outstanding service to the community. Through their contributions, SIAM Fellows help to advance the fields of applied mathematics and computational science. These individuals will be recognized for their achievements at an awards ceremony during the SIAM Annual Meeting, happening July 11-15, 2016 in Boston, MA.

SIAM congratulates these 30 esteemed members of the community, listed below in alphabetical order:

The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is an international society of more than 14,000 individual, academic and corporate members from 85 countries. SIAM helps build cooperation between mathematics and the worlds of science and technology to solve real-world problems through publications, conferences, and communities like chapters, sections and activity groups. Learn more at siam.org.

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